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Just a follow up report. Not long after the above post, I sent the whole leg assembly to my vendor, who then it shipped off to ThreeZero HK for 'repairs'. I got them back last week, and far as I can tell, TZ essentially sent over brand new lower legs. What's different this time around is how much less stiff all moving parts are on these new legs. The buttons require much less fingernail force, sliders on the knees and feet move with less strength, the knees twist with less effort. Not sure if it's variation in assembly quality, or this is part of new production with adjusted tolerances. Disconcertingly, one of the Gerwalk joints is very noticeably not as tight as the other one. As we know, the Gerwalk joint is purely friction based like the HMR and I hope this won't become an issue further down the road with more play & becomes floppy.
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Nice story and it just got better towards the end.
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VF-2JA? Yesss.. I liked the VF-2JA more than the VF-2SS when I first got introduced to Macross 2 and hope Bandai carries through to this model in the HMR line. But at same time, all these unlikely re-issues Bandai's been doing is just flag planting of various Macross series ever since WWM started, so am not gonna carry high hopes for it.
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Posted by Stone Cheung on FB: Reissue on June 2025. Yen 15,400. Now comes with stand with logo & Ishtar graphic. Edit 25 Dec 2024: Tamashii web link: https://tamashiiweb.com/item/15224?wovn=en#
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Posted by Stone Cheung on FB: HMR VF-2SS Silvie reissue. Edit: Thread here.
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I never had issues with the 1J head sculpt, but here the 1S has a rather long face. Looks weird but then again it does look pretty anime accurate lol.
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Available Amazon US: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DNDTXTFP https://www.amazon.com/Genesis-Climber-Mospeada-AFC-01H-Legoiss/dp/B0DNDT9H41
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Well, immediate past few TWE items like VF-25F Tornado, 25S Armored and Bogue's 262Hs were available for general release in US. So likely this will follow same hybrid sales model. But ordering direct from Japan have always been cheaper.
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This movie might finally wake me up from superhero fatigue. There’s really lots of characters though, hopefully the main ones have enough screen time.
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That is true, but I'm thinking more in broader terms since the 25,29 and 27 share the same engineering, and the 27 do have the exact same floppiness-over-time issues. Anyway, I'll just defer to what the community calls it down the road when referring to the different improvements (in reality, it's what @jenius will label them since his reviews will be the de-facto reference haha )
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We lumped discussions of this item into the Mospeada thread. The discussion started many pages before the link I posted, in between other Mospeada items, but generally you are looking at good perceived quality, given item is actually made by Moshow and Toynami is only the distributor. There are many pre-production early review videos posted on later pages to have a good idea on how item will actually handle.
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Now that is a MASSIVE points reward amount. Don't think I've ever come across these types of % anywhere.
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I remember it initially looked a bit off to me too. I think it was due to the deeper and more prominent panel lines of the Ghost over the very fine panel lines of the 0A. During handling, the Ghost's plastics is also of a rougher surface type characteristic of Yammie valks of that era, as compared to the smoother and mostly painted surface of the Arcadia valk. But at normal display viewing distance, it didn't bother me much then.
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Small incremental improvements.. so now it has dual shoulder screws. How many versions so far? v1 Original. v2 Renewal with single hip screw. v2.5 Revival with 3 hip screws. v2.6 Revival with 2 hip screws. v2.7 Revival with 2 hip screws and 2 shoulder screws.